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Elaine Howard Ecklund

Elaine Howard Ecklund

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
39
Citations
5789
World Ranking
5710
National Ranking
2703

Overview

Elaine Howard Ecklund is affiliated with Rice University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of religion and society within the broader social sciences, with a notable concentration in sociology and political science. Ecklund's work spans several subfields including health, demography, political science and international relations, and gender studies.

The main themes of their research cover areas such as religion, spirituality, and psychology; religion and society interactions; religion, society, and development; workplace spirituality and leadership; racial and ethnic identity research; social and intergroup psychology; and critical race theory in education.

They have published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • "Individuals' Experiences with Religious Hostility, Discrimination, and Violence: Findings from a New National Survey," 2020, Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World
  • "A Nationally Representative Survey of Faith and Work: Demographic Subgroup Differences around Calling and Conflict," 2020, Religions
  • "'God Sees No Color' So Why Should I? How White Christians Produce Divinized Colorblindness," 2021, Sociological Inquiry
  • "Navigating Religion Online: Jewish and Muslim Responses to Social Media," 2021, Religions
  • "Seeing is achieving: religion, embodiment, and explanations of racial inequality in STEM," 2020, Ethnic and Racial Studies

Ecklund frequently collaborates with other researchers, with common coauthors including Denise Daniels, Anne E. Lincoln, Christopher P. Scheitle, Robert A. Thomson, and Rachel C. Schneider.

Their research contributions are regularly published in specific venues, prominently in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Religions, Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, Review of Religious Research, and Social Forces. These publications reflect their focus on detailed empirical and theoretical examinations of religion's role in various societal contexts.

Best Publications

  • Immigration and Religion

    Wendy Cadge;Elaine Howard Ecklund

  • Religion among Academic Scientists: Distinctions, Disciplines, and Demographics

    Elaine Howard Ecklund;Christopher P. Scheitle

  • How Academic Biologists and Physicists View Science Outreach

    Elaine Howard Ecklund;Sarah A. James;Anne E. Lincoln

  • Gender Segregation in Elite Academic Science

    Elaine Howard Ecklund;Anne E. Lincoln;Cassandra Tansey

  • Beyond the In-Person Interview? How Interview Quality Varies Across In-person, Telephone, and Skype Interviews:

    David R. Johnson;Christopher P. Scheitle;Elaine Howard Ecklund

  • Science vs Religion

    Elaine Howard Ecklund

  • Korean American Evangelicals: New Models for Civic Life

    Elaine Howard Ecklund

  • Conflict Between Religion and Science Among Academic Scientists

    Elaine Howard Ecklund;Jerry Z. Park

  • Religious Service Attendance Among Immigrants Evidence From the New Immigrant Survey-Pilot

    Wendy Cadge;Elaine Howard Ecklund

  • Examining Links Between Religion, Evolution Views, and Climate Change Skepticism

    Elaine Howard Ecklund;Christopher P. Scheitle;Jared Peifer;Daniel Bolger

  • Scientists and Spirituality

    Elaine Howard Ecklund;Elizabeth Long

  • Religious Diversity and Community Volunteerism Among Asian Americans

    Elaine Howard Ecklund;Jerry Z. Park

  • Religion among Scientists in International Context: A New Study of Scientists in Eight Regions

    Elaine Howard Ecklund;David R. Johnson;Christopher P. Scheitle;Kirstin R. W. Matthews

  • Narratives of Science Outreach in Elite Contexts of Academic Science

    David R. Johnson;Elaine Howard Ecklund;Anne E. Lincoln

  • Male Scientists' Competing Devotions to Work and Family: Changing Norms in a Male-Dominated Profession.

    Sarah Damaske;Elaine Howard Ecklund;Anne E. Lincoln;Virginia Johnston White

  • Scientists want more children.

    Elaine Howard Ecklund;Anne E. Lincoln

  • Catholic Women Negotiate Feminism: A Research Note

    Elaine Howard Ecklund

  • Roundtable on the Sociology of Religion: Twenty-Three Theses on the Status of Religion in American Sociology—A Mellon Working-Group Reflection

    Christian Smith;Brandon Vaidyanathan;Nancy Tatom Ammerman;José Casanova

  • Secularization and Religious Change among Elite Scientists

    Elaine Howard Ecklund;Jerry Z. Park;Phil Todd Veliz

  • NEGOTIATING CONTINUITY: Family and Religious Socialization for Second‐Generation Asian Americans

    Jerry Z. Park;Elaine Howard Ecklund

Frequent Co-Authors

Glen H. Elder
Glen H. Elder University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Barbara Schneider
Barbara Schneider Michigan State University
Christian Smith
Christian Smith University of Notre Dame
Kathryn M. Neckerman
Kathryn M. Neckerman Columbia University
Pamela Paxton
Pamela Paxton The University of Texas at Austin

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